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Snake CharmersThree Indian snake charmers with four snakes in baskets, one of them holding a fifth. Date: 1801
St. Martins in an Uproar
Foreign Amusements or the British Lion on the Watch
Paul I / Russia / WolffPAUL I Emperor of Russia 1796-1801; son of Peter III and Catherine the Great
Chateaubriand / AtalaATALA - the heroine, a princess with a Christian mother (note the cross), takes pity on the captured warrior Chactas, frees him and escapes with him into the jungle
British Ship CapturedThe British vessel Kent is taken by the French Confiance
Hayward PortraitABRAHAM HAYWARD English essayist and author of The Art of Dining (1852)
Great Wall & PagodaPart of the Great Wall, with a pagoda and a bunch of soldiers responsible for guarding the wall and keeping out undesirable persons
Count D orsay DrivingALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL, count D ORSAY - French artist and man-about-town, living mainly in England with a lifelong relationship with Lady Blessington. Driving
Richard Parkes BoningtonRICHARD PARKES BONINGTON British artist who despite his short life made a notable contribution to art techniques
Banquet given at the Crystal Palace by Sir Joseph and Lady PBanquet given by Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton in Crystal Palace, London. Paxton (1801-1865) famously built the glass structure to house the Great Exhibition of 1851
Johannes MullerJOHANNES MULLER German biologist from Coblenz, anatomist and physiologist at Bonn and Berlin
Fight in a PubSons of Friendship - drinkers come to blows
aRON BURR (1756 - 1836)aRON BURR American political leader. Vice president of the United States (1801-5). Tried for treason in 1807. Date: 1756 - 1836
Jh Newman / Barraud 1887JOHN HENRY NEWMAN the Roman Catholic Cardinal in old age
Jh Newman / BlanpainJOHN HENRY NEWMAN the Roman Catholic Cardinal in old age
Jh Newman / Century 1882JOHN HENRY NEWMAN the Roman Catholic Cardinal in old age
Begone Dull CareBegone, dull care ! - a cheerful clergyman with his glass and his pipe refuses to be cast down by the cares and troubles of the world
Thomas Jefferson / MeminTHOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809)
Feodor IwanowitschFEODOR IWANOWITSCH Artist and engraver in the Russian Royal court who studied in Italy and accompanied Lord Elgin to Greece in 1801
First Battle CopenhagenFIRST BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN British under Admirals Hyde, Parker & Nelson defeated the Danish fleet causing the dissolution of the League of Northern Powers
Jh Newman / V Fair 1877JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, subsequently a cardinal
Jh Newman / Mrg Eng 1850JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, aged about 50
Emile Littre (Gill)EMILE LITTRE French lexicographer and philosopher
Novalis / Von HardenbergFriedrich Von Hardenberg German Writer
Frenchwomen, ConsulatTwo Frenchwomen of the Consulat period
New Stock ExchangeThe new Stock Exchange was built in 1801 in Capel Court, Batholomew Lane. suited to the still increasing state of the national funded property
Medical / Ailments / GoutA man with gout wears a long house coat, matching soft hat and one pointed slipper. The boys and the farmer wear country clothes albeit of different social classes
John Adams, President of the United StatesJohn Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801)
Thomas Jefferson / RidleyTHOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809)
Thomas Jefferson / PealeTHOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809)
Lavater (Bosio)JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER Swiss poet, mystic and writer on philosophy and theology; here, conducting research into physiognomy
Airy / Sambourne / PunchSIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY Astronomer Royal 1835-1881, depicted with the red time ball of the Greenwich Observatory
Battle of Alexandria 01At the battle of Alexandria, the French colours are seized by an English soldier
Emile Littre / TrombinoscoEMILE LITTRE French lexicographer and philosopher
Act of Union CartoonThe Act of Union Cartoon on the mayhem of the relationship between Britain and Ireland
Armand TrousseauARMAND TROUSSEAU French medical
Samuel Silvestre SacySAMUEL SILVESTRE de SACY French writer, editor and political journalist, son of noted orientalist
Marc GirardinSaint-Marc-Girardin, known as MARC GIRARDIN French journalist and miscellaneous writer
Jules Berger De XivreyJULES BERGER DE XIVREY French classical scholar and historian
Emile Littre (Lafosse)EMILE LITTRE French scholar, philosopher
Lortzing (Classen)GUSTAV ALBERT LORTZING German musician
Lortzing (Eichhorn)GUSTAV ALBERT LORTZING German musician
Lortzing (Anon)GUSTAV ALBERT LORTZING German musician
Joseph Paxton / Caldesi CvSIR JOSEPH PAXTON Architect and horticulturist, designer of the 1851 Crystal Palace
Shaftesbury / 7Th / CdvANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER 7th EARL of SHAFTESBURY Politician and reformer
Jh Newman / Carte 1861JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, subsequently a cardinal